The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

Yes, incubate more Brahma babies to squeal over! Lol

Had a shocking sudden death in our flock. And not the sickly Jane who is doing fine back in the coop. But one of our white leghorns. She was fine earlier but I just went out to give Jane her meds and found Betsy dead in the run. No signs of injury. Because they are just barely a year old I wouldn’t think it was heart attack or stroke, so I’m guessing she choked on something. :(
 
I'm going to start setting eggs aside for a ''bater run of Arkansas Blues. My only quandary would be my last CL hen, whose eggs are close in color, but slightly green. So if I leave those out I should be all right. I may throw in a few Delaware eggs as well, the cross hen I have from last year is a great layer of light Olive green eggs.
Saw this today from FB - so cute!
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Now thats the way to raise a puppy that wont kill chickens.
 
Well, here is my final report on my chicken. It looks like a it is a precise DX.

Funny how the only chicken that has it is the tolbunt polish. All my other hens haven't shown any sign. I called the breeder I got her from. She said she has never had it. She used to vaccinate her chicks for it, but hasn't done it for a few years. She also takes her birds to shows. It would seem like that would be a easy place to get it. I really cant imagine everyone who has Mareks on their property doesn't sell, swap or show their chickens. Very sad but it helps me concentrate on what I can do with mine, Eat the eggs and the meat.
 

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h2o, I think I'd close the flock, and continue as usual. Hatch your own eggs, and don't give away, or sell any birds. Be sure you clean up, change clothes, and change shoes after leaving the coop, especially before going to get feed. The report did mention mites, so it's time to dust. Permethrin dust is good, and supposedly not as harmful as sevin dust. Clean the coop, and spray it for mites too. The report mentioned vaccines. I am against the Mareks vaccine, because it's not a true vaccine. It's called a leaky vaccine. With a closed flock, you stand a much better chance of raising resistant birds.
 
Yes, incubate more Brahma babies to squeal over! Lol

Had a shocking sudden death in our flock. And not the sickly Jane who is doing fine back in the coop. But one of our white leghorns. She was fine earlier but I just went out to give Jane her meds and found Betsy dead in the run. No signs of injury. Because they are just barely a year old I wouldn’t think it was heart attack or stroke, so I’m guessing she choked on something. :(
I'm sorry, Kara. I've had only two completely sudden deaths of fairly young birds, one was Atlas's sister, Robin, and the other was Suede and Caroline's daughter, Glenda, who was two years old. I think Robin choked (she always gagged on scratch and I heard her doing it a few minutes before I found her) and I think Glenda's was an accident at roost time, but not really sure.

Well, here is my final report on my chicken. It looks like a it is a precise DX.

Funny how the only chicken that has it is the tolbunt polish. All my other hens haven't shown any sign. I called the breeder I got her from. She said she has never had it. She used to vaccinate her chicks for it, but hasn't done it for a few years. She also takes her birds to shows. It would seem like that would be a easy place to get it. I really cant imagine everyone who has Mareks on their property doesn't sell, swap or show their chickens. Very sad but it helps me concentrate on what I can do with mine, Eat the eggs and the meat.

I've always thought of both Silkies and Polish as weak birds in general. Not sure that has any bearing on this, of course. My issue with a vaccine is that, because it does not prevent the disease, but only masks it, how would someone know they have Mareks birds? Seems logical to me that you could have carriers and be unaware, at least for a very long time.
The lab report still bugs me. The line here:
Other causes and diseases have not been ruled out.
And basically, this is the same as the last paper you had. I don't see anything about tissue testing on the report. They are going on visual findings and general age and condition and absence of anything to disprove Mareks, etc, it seems to me, unless I am just not seeing it.

I'm really sorry, Julie.

ETA: Oh, I did see this, so this says they did look at tissues, I was incorrect:

Microscopic examination confirmed there was a severe lymphoproliferative population of cells infiltrating a variety of organs, compatible with Marek’s disease
 
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Before going out to the barn I have 20 Brahma eggs and 6 Hector/Jill eggs to put in the incubator. Those Brahma eggs include B.J.'s, the Dark hen. That means those chicks would be sex linked as per color, partridge/blue partridge would be pullets and Darks/blue Darks would be cockerels.

Add the blue Bash has to the mix below and you can get blue darks.
http://www.brahmacochin.org/poultry-breeding-genetics
Partridge male x Dark female = 100% Dark (hiding Partridge) males and 100% Partridge females

Found this photo on the site talking about breeding Brahmas.
This is a Blue Dark hen, but I'd only get Blue Dark Males from B.J. bred to Bash. Apparently, she came from this breeder:

https://www.avgenpoultry.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Blue-Dark-Brahma-Photo-by-Luke-Price.jpg
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A blue dark Brahma I found on a forum site, but no idea where the original picture came from to give credit or I would. She's gorgeous, but I can't find a Blue Dark rooster yet.
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